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Let us welcome you to the National Speleological Society website. You have visited us at an exciting time! Currently under development is a brand new website which will usher in a whole new level of interaction with the NSS. While here, you will notice that there will be slight changes made to the existing site which will carry over to the new one so if you encounter any issues or need assistance, please do not hesitate to contact support. We have listened to the thoughts and suggestions of users just like you and have put them all into the new plan. Stay tuned and thank you for your interest in the NSS.

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The IT Committee of the NSS

The FEBRUARY 2018 ISSUE is now available. Earlier issues are here. Protect your membership by not sharing it outside your Society.
The April 2017 Conservation Issue is available here to all.

The DECEMBER 2017 issue of the Journal of Cave and Karst Studies (Vol.79 No. 3) is availablehere. Find all issues here, and individual articles here.

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Try your hand at CAVER QUEST, the 3D simulation of the Snowy River section of Ft. Stanton Cave, NM. There's a new version!

Charles Gibbs reasoned that some type of ascender activated by the legs instead of the arms would desirably free one’s hands; the result was the Gibbs Ascender and the Ropewalker climbing system..
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